Rethinking CPG (consumer packaged goods)
Thursday, January 31, 6:00-9:30
Kickstarter HQ, 58 Kent St. (West-Franklin Sts.), Greenpoint, Brooklyn
www.Meetup.com/food-tech/events/258170648
Tickets: $35
The Future of Food
Exhibition opens Friday, February 1, 8:00-6:00; continues on display (except Sundays) through March 2
Usagi NY, 163 Plymouth St. (Jay-Pearl Sts.), Dumbo, Brooklyn
www.Facebook.com/events/363777900869426
Free admission
MOCA Lunar New Year Night Market
Friday, February 1, 6:00-10:00
Museum of Chinese in America, 215 Centre St. (Grand-Howard Sts.), Manhattan
www.MOCANYC.org/visit/events/moca_lunar_night_market
Tickets: general admission, $99
Fundraising liwetan (communal meal eaten by hand) for disaster relief in Indonesia
Saturday, February 2, noon-3:00
St. James Episcopal Church, 84-07 Broadway (St. James-Corona Aves.), Elmhurst, Queens
www.Eventbrite.ca/e/ny-liwetan-feast-tickets-55345089653
Tickets: $30; half of all proceeds benefit disaster relief in Indonesia
Slavonic Festival
Saturday, February 2, noon-9:00
St. Thomas the Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church, 1407 St. Georges Ave., Rahway, New Jersey
www.SaintThomasTheApostle.org
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2018/02/slavonic-festival.html
Free admission
Indonesian Gastronomy Association bazaar
Sunday, February 3, 11:00-5:00; repeats monthly
Elmhurst Memorial League, 8824 43rd Ave. (near Whitney Ave.), Elmhurst, Queens
www.Facebook.com/events/361898937971312
This month's bazaar highlights Betawi and Jakarta. Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2019/01/indonesian-gastronomy-association-bazaar.html
Free admission
Lock Yard Chili Cookoff
Sunday, February 3, noon-4:00
Lock Yard, 9221 Fifth Ave. (92nd-94th Sts.), Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
www.Facebook.com/LockYardBK/posts/949350811931012:0
Admission: $10
Joe Beef: Surviving the Apocalypse
Monday, February 4, 7:30-8:30
Books Are Magic, 225 Smith St. (at Butler St.), Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
www.Facebook.com/events/769037583453183
Free admission
NYC's Conference on Hunger and Poverty
Tuesday, February 5, 8:00-5:00
Marriott Marquis Times Square, 1535 Broadway (at 46th Sts.), Manhattan
www.FoodBankNYC.org/events/nycconference2019
Tickets: general admission, $65; Food Bank member agencies, $35
Zaitoun: A Conversation with Yasmin Khan and Kerry Diamond
Wednesday, February 6, 6:30-8:30
Museum of Food and Drink, 62 Bayard St. (Lorimer-Leonard Sts.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
www.MOFAD.org/events/2019/2/6/zaitoun-a-conversation-with-yasmin-khan-and-kerry-diamond
Tickets: $15
One in a series presented by MOFAD
Sold out/waitlisted: Uncovering NYC’s Pizza Past, February 7
Ongoing: Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD), Friday through Sunday; Smorgasburg Winter Market and Brooklyn Flea, Saturday and Sunday (through March 2019); Grand Bazaar NYC, Sunday; The Future of Food, Monday through Saturday (through March 2); Feeding the City, Monday through Saturday (through March); New York Greenmarkets, various days; Down to Earth Markets, various days
Food courts (and the like): Arthur Avenue Retail Market, Berg'n, Brookfield Place, Canal Street Market, Chelsea Market, City Kitchen, DeKalb Market Hall, Eataly, Essex Street Market, The Falchi Building, Fei Long Supermarket Food Court, Food Gallery 32, Gansevoort Market, Golden Shopping Mall, Gotham West Market, Grand Central Terminal dining concourse, Industry City food hall, Japan Village, Moore Street Market, New World Mall Food Court, New York Food Court, North 3rd Street Market, The Pennsy, The Plaza Food Hall, Queens Crossing, Super HK Food Court, Turnstyle, Urbanspace @ 570 Lexington, Urbanspace Vanderbilt
Classes: See the schedules of the Astor Center, The Brooklyn Kitchen, Camaje Bistro & Lounge, De Gustibus, Haven's Kitchen, the Institute of Culinary Education, the International Culinary Center, the League of Kitchens, Murray's Cheese, the National Gourmet Institute, and La Scuola di Eataly, and the roundup of classes on CourseHorse
Walking tours: Tag along with Big Onion, Culinary Backstreets, Ethnojunkie, Food and Footprints, Fun Foodie NYC, In Food We Trust, the Institute of Culinary Education, Jack Eichenbaum, Joe DiStefano, the Museum of Chinese in America, Noshwalks, Pig Feet Walking Tours, Ray's Food & Walking Tours, Queens Food Tours, Queens Food Tours, Sidewalks of NY, Turnstile Tours, Urban Oyster, and "Wildman" Steve Brill
Tickets on sale: Midnight Market Jersey City, February 8; Kosher Food and Wine Experience, February 11; Chinese New Year Temple Bazaar, February 17; Mac and Cheese Takedown, February 17; Cassoulet War by D'Artagnan, February 18; A Natural History of Beer, February 19; Food Biodiversity: Where Flavor & Sustainability Meet, February 19; The Serious Side of Food Reading: Diet Cults, February 21 (free with online registration); Pungent Politics: Preserving an Ancient Culinary Tradition, February 21; Tenement Kitchens: Adaptations in America, February 21; Charcuterie Masters, February 23; What Goes in, Must Come Out, The Secret Life of Your Gastrointestinal Intestinal Tract, February 25; Everything but the Food: Real Ideas to Fix Real Problems, February 26 (free with online registration); The Raw Truth About Cooking, March 6 (free with online registration); Hoboken Chili Cook-Off and Homebrew Contest, March 9; Fare Plate, March 9; Hoboken Mac & Cheese Festival, March 23; NYC Dessert Fest, March 23-24; Coffee & Tea Festival NYC, March 23-24; Savor the Flavors, April 7; Brisket King of NYC, April 10; Cochon 555, April 14
On the radar: Vietnamese Lunar New Year Celebration, February 9; Phagwah Parade and Celebration in Richmond Hill, March 31
